By muleguy

August 28, 2010 6:49 PM | Link to this

well said squirrellygirl

By newsound14

August 28, 2010 4:27 PM | Link to this

No one is claiming the wealthy or corporations are evil, but I hear plenty decrying government as evil and the stirring up unfounded fears of socialism. We have simply allowed corporations and the wealthy to have too much influence over our government, economy and legal system. The result of this undue power threatens our very democracy, it perverts our legal system and has skewed our economy away from small businesses in favor of huge multinational corporations. Has our ability to process facts and ideas and think critically vanished completely? How much money any person makes is not the issue. The critical factor is the disparity of income. As the difference between the very wealthy and the poor increases at the pace we are at myriad problems get worse. The economy becomes unstable, general quality of life declines (crime, sanitation, public health, infrastructure etc.). Even the elite few would see a decline in quality of life as their surroundings become increasingly grim. America especially needs to find ways to curb wealth disparity to ensure free and fair elections, fair commerce and justice under the law. Higher taxes for the wealthy and large corporations are more than justified due to their reliance and excessive usage of public amenities and their overall impact on the environment. This has been understood for at least 100 years, but now our burgeoning ignorance has brought us here. Morons whining about taxes and crying socialism, at a time when we are further away from anything resembling socialism than we have ever been in our history. These actions are threatening to turn the U. S. A. into a third world nation.

By newsound14

August 28, 2010 4:17 PM | Link to this

A majority of the Bush tax cuts, capital gains and inheritance tax benefit the top 10%. Today CEO’s make 260 TIMES as much as the average worker, 260 TIMES! This is more than 10 times as much as CEO’s made in the 60’s relative to the average worker! If you do the math CEO’s today make more money in ten weeks than the average worker would make in 50 years (age 20 to 70 a career). The wealthiest Americans now pay 17% in taxes. Tax cut for the wealthy and multinational corporations do not result in more jobs. Hasn’t anyone been paying attention for the last eight years? These guys take their money and ship jobs overseas, lobby congress to make sure laws work in their favor, donate to politicians and PACs to the same ends. They hire accountants to circumvent tax codes (pay little or no taxes). They hire the best lawyers to keep them out of trouble, even if they deserve to be locked up or pay reasonable settlements. How do these activities impact free and fair elections and free market competition? You tell me. To claim that this is socialism is simply idiotic. It is small businesses that need tax breaks. We need to offer incentives to American manufacturing and eliminate the tax advantage for outsourcing.

By newsound14

August 28, 2010 2:31 PM | Link to this

Why don’t all the whiners on this board come up with some civil constructive solutions? Your government is listening people, it’s time to step up to the plate with some serious ideas instead of partisan sniping.

By smoke & mirrors

August 28, 2010 10:12 AM | Link to this

Keep the Bush tax cuts and make them permanant. Cut payroll taxes on business Cut capital gains tax _ Allow consumers to buy insurance across state lines. -Kill the death tax. Loosen regulation on banks and small business. just a few…

By T

August 28, 2010 10:04 AM | Link to this

Well how about if they and all of their cronies take pay cuts, and start paying for their own health insurance,or at least get subsidized by the folks who have them in their pockets Gap filled!

By THOMAS J

August 27, 2010 4:48 PM | Link to this

The legislatures were eloected to do the work they arer asking us to do.start burning the midnight oil and come to your senses or resign.That will enable the electorate to replace you with someone who can do the job

By THOMAS J

August 27, 2010 4:47 PM | Link to this

The legislatures were eloected to do the work they arer asking us to do.start burning the midnight oil and come to your senses or resign.That will enable the electorate to replace you with someone who can do the job

By Champsummers

August 27, 2010 11:25 AM | Link to this

They could start bu firing the 4,000 new employees they hired THIS year forgetting they had an $8 billion dollar hole….We have very stupid people running this State…God Help Us.

By Agreed

August 26, 2010 2:23 PM | Link to this

At least the professional politicians that have put us in this hole with their big government, big taxes, more regulation, ideas have a grain of wisdom to ask our advice, though i doubt we will know it was ever offered. Like Squirrellygirl said, just cut all they’ve done to us and get back to basics and we will grow out of the hole.

By Agreed

August 26, 2010 2:22 PM | Link to this

At least the professional politicians that have put us in this hole with their big government, big taxes, more regulation, ideas have a grain of wisdom to ask our advice, though i doubt we will know it was ever offered. Like Squirrellygirl said, just cut all they’ve done to us and get back to basics and we will grow out of the hole.

By Squirrellygirl

August 26, 2010 12:17 PM | Link to this

Remember the movie where the guy built the ballfield “if you build it, they will come”—remember that movie? Well, my answer is cut the taxes, stop the crazy spending, and they will flock here with their businesses and hire people and people pay taxes. Hole fixed. It’s that simple. Vote smarter next time, and maybe we can get’erdone!